Folian processes
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- wind is the weakest
- modifier of the landscape
- wind is usually only important in
- areas with little or no vegitation
- where are folian processes important?
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-desserts
-grasslands(during drought)
-beaches
-farm land
-burnt down forests - folian processes are
- processes that refer to the geomorphic work preformed by wind
- wind removes materials in places
- where the supply of materials is sufficient
- threshold velocity
- when wind has become powerful enoguh to move an object
- threshold velocity depends on
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-size
-moisture
-cohesiveness - salutation
- 80% of materials bounce along the surface
- wind can blow
- materials uphill
- Abrasion
- almost never occurs, if it does it is usually close ot the ground